Baking · Finnish

Piparkakkutaikina (Gingerbread Dough)

Name: Piparkakkutaikina (Gingerbread Dough)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 729 min
Total time: 744 min
Yield: 100 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 1.5 dl dark syrup; 2 dl sugar; 250 g Valio butter; 1 tbsp cinnamon; 1 tbsp ginger; 1 tbsp cloves; 0.5 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 2 tsp baking soda; 9 dl wheat flour

Spices boiling in hot syrup spread a Christmas scent throughout the home, and children wait impatiently to bake their favorite characters into gingerbread cookies. Christmas spirit at its best. The hardening of the dough overnight must, of course, be monitored by tasting a few generous chunks of dough straight from the pot.

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Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

Prep 15 min Cook 12 h 9 minTotal 12 h 24 minInspired by valio.fi

Method

1
Measure the syrup, sugar, butter, and spices into a pot. Boil while stirring until the mixture is smooth and glossy. Allow to cool.
2
Beat in the eggs. Add the baking soda-flour mixture and mix the dough until smooth. Let harden in a cold place.
3
Roll out the dough in small batches into a thin sheet on a floured surface. Cut out gingerbread cookies with cookie cutters. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
4
Bake at 200 degrees in the middle or upper part of the oven (depending on thickness, for 5 to 8 minutes). Allow to cool.

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